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LWPT Meditations - Third Sunday in Ordinary Time - Year C
LWPT Meditations - Third Sunday in Ordinary Time - Year C
by Susan Thorne
Meditation – Third Sunday in Ordinary Time Year C Nehemiah 8 v 1-3, 5-6, 8-10 Psalm 19 Luke 4 v 14-21 God’s Word is “living and active” (Hebrews 4:12) if we allow it to work in our lives. For those of us whose Bible-reading has become a duty rather than a joy, for those who “tun…
Lent for Everyone Year A - Sunday: Week 3 in Lent Year A
Lent for Everyone Year A - Sunday: Week 3 in Lent Year A
by SPCK - N T Wright
Lent For Everyone WEEK 3: SUNDAY Psalm 95 A small boy I knew asked his grandfather, a retired priest, what ‘worship’ meant. The old man paused. He was over 80 years of age, he said; he had been a clergyman most of his life; and he still found it hard to say exactly what ‘worshi…
THE NEW TESTAMENT AND THE PEOPLE OF GOD - 8 On Reading
THE NEW TESTAMENT AND THE PEOPLE OF GOD - 8 On Reading
by SPCK - N T Wright
On Reading With these examples in mind, we turn to the question: what happens when we read? The remarks in chapter 2 about the nature of knowledge must now be applied to this specific area. What kind of ‘knowledge’ do we gain as we read?…
The Second Intercessions Handbook - (67) STARTING WITH THE BIBLE
The Second Intercessions Handbook - (67) STARTING WITH THE BIBLE
by SPCK - John Pritchard
(67) STARTING WITH THE BIBLE The Bible is the treasure store from which Christian devotion has always grown. If our prayer becomes distant from Scripture there will always be the danger that we lose our way in the jungle of our own prejudices or the ‘undergrowth’ of our own under…
Welcome to The BIG Read 2014
Welcome to The BIG Read 2014
by BigBible
The BIG Read 2014 Canon Stephen Cherry - Author of Barefoot Prayers, Meditations a day for Lent and Easter, introduces the #BIGRead14 The BIG Read 2014 is about Prayer and Spirituality this year, but it is all about participation too. Canon Stephen Cherry invites you to join in e…
Lent for Everyone Year A - Tuesday: Fourth Week in Lent Year A
Lent for Everyone Year A - Tuesday: Fourth Week in Lent Year A
by SPCK - N T Wright
WEEK 4: TUESDAY Matthew 20; focused on 20.1–16 The game was nearly over, and neither side had scored a goal. The spectators were getting angry, and the players were exhausted. One player on the home team, in particular, had worked tirelessly the whole game, running from end to en…
Lent for Everyone Year A - Thursday: Fourth Week in Lent Year A
Lent for Everyone Year A - Thursday: Fourth Week in Lent Year A
by SPCK - N T Wright
WEEK 4: THURSDAY Matthew 21.23 – 46; focused on 21.33 – 45 I was taking a service in a local church when this passage was the second reading. Over at the side of the church was a family with a three-year-old boy who appeared to be playing with his toys, taking no notice of the se…
Lent for Everyone Year A - Easter Saturday Year A
Lent for Everyone Year A - Easter Saturday Year A
by SPCK - N T Wright
EASTER SATURDAY Matthew 22.34 – 40 ‘So what’s your all-time favourite song, then?’I listened as John put his friend on the spot. They had been discussing music of various sorts and styles. This was a way of getting to the heart of the matter. ‘Let me play safe,’ the friend rep…
Lent for Everyone Year A - Easter Monday Year A
Lent for Everyone Year A - Easter Monday Year A
by SPCK - N T Wright
ASTER MONDAY Matthew 28.11–15 One of the things people have often said about the early Christians’ belief in Jesus’ resurrection is that they were obviously so devastated by the failure of their dreams and hopes that they found a way of saying it was all right after all. A grand-…
Lent for Everyone Year A - Saturday: Week 3 in Lent Year A
Lent for Everyone Year A - Saturday: Week 3 in Lent Year A
by SPCK - N T Wright
WEEK 3: SATURDAY Matthew 18; focused on 18.21–35 There are at least three levels at which we should read this sharp and startling story. And at least three levels at which we should apply it to our lives, not least our lives in church. Start, though, with Peter’s question. It see…
Lent for Everyone Year A - Friday: Week 3 in Lent Year A